Filat and Putin to meet in Yalta tomorrow

The Transnistrian dispute and the Russian loan are the main items on the agenda of a meeting of Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Info-Prim Neo reports. The two will hold a meeting on the sidelines of the Summit of CIS Heads of Government that will take place in Yalta, Crimea, on November 20. The Russian Government expressed readiness to provide a state loan of US$500 million to Moldova at the start of summer. It said the first tranche of the loan would be US$150 million. However, the Governments of Moldova and Russia have not yet agreed the lending conditions.